head to head
vs
Dark DeceptionvsPostal 2
Dark Deception leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Postal 2 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).
Dark DeceptionPostal 2
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Dark Deception leans harder on reads: Monster AI chases by rule, not by modelling you
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization5 vs 4
Dark Deception leans harder on optimization: Learning maze layouts and shard routes converts panic to plan
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.